It’s bad enough my husband stops at every yard sale he sees.
It’s bad enough he comes home from the dump with more than he went with.
It’s bad enough he built a giant barn and filled it with useless stuff before it was completed.
But what happened the other day?
Is a bridge too far.
We woke up, had a lovely breakfast, went outside and saw something on the barn porch. I didn’t think it was a good something…
But the husband dragged it inside before it could run away.
Yeah.
Someone left an old sewing machine.
Complete with original boxes of accessories….
And owners manual… with free mouse turd. Ack!
We have no idea who committed this heinous crime…. but when I find out?
They will feel my wrath.
The husband needs no help finding old worthless junk!
So please… I beg you.
Bypass our porch and take your crap to the dump next time!
(Though not the one in our town, or any neighboring towns where he’s apt to shop.)
My wife had two (working) treadle machines. She says she likes the motion of sewing on them. Maybe he could fix it up for you. The attachments are neat. They are such well designed mini-machines, they’re fascinating to study.
Oh, sorry. I meant to say, who would do such a thing?!?!
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“Who would do such a thing?” is the only appropriate response. And uttered in a horrified tone of voice to boot.
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You’ll thank him when you need to hem a skirt and the power grid has been destroyed…
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Hem a skirt.
Have we met….?
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It is sew terrible that someone would do that.
Sorry…
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haha!!
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*groan*
😬
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Like in the old days when orphaned babies would end up on someone’s doorstep. The junk stork obviously has your address…
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The junk stork?
Nooooo!
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It’s beautiful! Shine it up a bit and put it somewhere conspicuous. 🙂
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Don’t make me unfriend you….
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🤣🤣🤣
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It’s a classic River, this is definitely not junk. If he fixes (that’s if) you could sell it for some righteous bucks! Seriously you could and he wouldn’t ever know it was gone, lol.
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But he would never fix it… and honestly, they’re a dime a dozen up here. Everyone already has grandmas.
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Oooh, …antique – by the looks of it.
Worth a pretty penny to the right collector – and just a penny to your husband. *sigh*
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It was in rough shape… and contrary to popular belief they’re not worth much because everyone kept theirs and passed them down.
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Like I said…
The person that left it on your doorstep thought of it as ugly, while your husband thought it was pretty.
Any other comment you thought was fromme, is a forgery. – thats my story. 😉
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Its actually kind of cool….not really the words you want to hear!
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Keep talking. I’ll drop it off on your porch!
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😂😂😂😂
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Here he goes out to get you rare gifts and you pick on him! Who wouldn’t want an old sewing machine to make bonnets?!?!?
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Me!
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Haha. Well, some people just love to collect things whether they are valuable or not. Good post.
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My husband is definitely in the not category…
😉
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Has hubby ever thought of taking some of his (what you call) junk on ANTIQUES ROAD SHOW? That antique sewing machine, for example, might be worth a small fortune, and then he’d be able to needle you for not appreciating his taste in junk. Go ahead, take a chance and encourage him! You have nothing to lose but your pride!
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He loves the Roadshow. I on the other hand hate the very thought of it. That damn show has made my life miserable… and filled with crap!
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You sure your husband hasn’t erected a sign saying “Drop your unwanted junk here, I’ll take anything!”
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He better not have!
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One of those cleaned up here sold for over $300…..
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Good. I’ll send it right down and you can sell it.
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Deliver it and you got a deal.
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Look at the bright side: you can now mend my jeans that have started to tear at the seam. I’ll send them over shortly. 😉
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Yeah… I’ll get right on that.
Not.
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Obviously all your posts about hubby’s junk has gotten the word out. Now they are just dropping stuff on your porch. Who’s really to blame here? I’m not going to say who because I want you to still visit my junk pile of a blog, but (cough…cough…) it’s (cough…) you. 🙂
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Me????
You’re saying I’m to blame?
That’s just cruel…
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Well, you weren’t getting much love from the other commenters and I felt peer pressure to capitulate.
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Understood. But please refrain in the future… I’d hate to send you to the spam folder.
😉
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So beautiful tho… and they sew more reliably than… and they’re smooth… But gosh, that’s awful, that’s awful, he should not have brought that home. You poor dear.
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But he didn’t bring it home. Someone dropped it on our porch!
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Right, sorry.
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Hah! I so enjoying your writing. I used to be like your husband. My husband said my wife would walk through fire to get to a garage sale. Then I read Marie Kondo’s book about tidying up, and became a minimalist. Shocking, I know, but so much less stuff to organize now.
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I need to buy him that book!
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I would pick that up from you in a second! What a find… I mean…dump??
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I say dump, but maybe because we’ve already got a dumps worth of such things!
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